Madison times., 1887-01-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Rub the rusty spots on a stove with
sandpaper, and then with sweet oil.
Cast-iron stoves and ironware should
be heated gradually the first time they
| are used.
A little petroleum added to the water
with which waxed or polished floors are
washed improves their looks.
Cloths dipped into hot potato water
are recommended for immediate and
complete relief in the severest cases OF
rheumatism.
In using cloves for pickles or pre-.
serves the blossom end should be re-
moved as this darkens the liquid with
which it is cooked.
Pretty little pincushions for the
pocket are made of velvet in the form
of pansieS. The lines of the flower
are worked with etching silk.
A little bag of mustard laid on the
top of the pickle jar Will prevent the
vinegar from becoming moldy if the
pickles have been put up in vinegar
that has not been boiled.
Don't keep the sun out of your liv-
ing and sleeping rooms. Sunlight is
absolutely necessary for right condi-
ton of the atmosphere which we
breathe, and for our bodily well-being.
A jug bag" to hold coppers is a
pretty baZar novelty. Is knitted in
bright colors in imitation of a small
pitcher; the neck of the jug is ribbed
and drawn in in, so keeping the con-
tents from falling out.
To Take off Starch or Rust from
Flat-irons-Tie up a piece of yellow
beeswaX in a rag, and when the iron
is almost but not quite hot enough to
use, rub it quickly with the wax, and
then with a coarse cloth.
Doughnuts-One cup of sour milk,
one egg. one cup of sugar, one tea
spoonful of salt, two-thirds teaspoon
ful of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of
saleratuS. and flour to roll. Roll thin,
cut in rings and fry in very hot lard.
Flowers of sulphur sprinkled on a
hot shovel and the fumes inhaled while
they are fresh will cure cold in the
head. A teaspoonfull of flower is suf-
ficient and does not cause disagreeable
sensations.
Pudding Sauce-Take tive cups of
white sugar, lump of butter the size
of an egg, one we'll beaten egg. Stir
those together, then add a teacupful of
boiling water; put it in saucepan until
it thickens; do not let it boil; flavor with
lemon or vanilla.
Pound Cake-One pound of flour, one
pound of butter. one pound of sugar.
four eggs and two teaspoonsful extract
of leamon. Beat the butter to cream.
add the sugar and flour; mix we'll; add.
the extract add well beaten eggs and
beat the mixture twenty minutes. Line
a cake tin with buttered paper, and
bake in moderate oven.
This recipe for brown bread will
make good-sized loaf: Two cups of
yellow Indian meal. one cup of rye
flour, one cup of Graham -four. one
cup of New Orleans molasses. three
teaspoonsfuls of baking powder and
milk enough to make a stiff batter.
Pour into buttered mould and
steam three hours and half. When
done brown in the oven.
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New stove or range furniture is some
times so much rus.ed AS TO make the
use of it very inconvenient Put into
a rusty kettle as much hay as it will
hold. fill it with water and boil many
hours. At night set it aside, and the
mex day boil it again. If it is not en-
tirely fit for Use. repeat the process.
1t will certainly be etiecutal.
To prevent Ivory Knife Handles
from Being Cracked-Never let knife
blades stand in hot water as is some
times done to make them wash easily.
The heat expands the steel which runs
up into the handle a very little, and
this cracks the ivory. Knife handles
should never lie in water A hand
some knife, or one used for cooking is
easily spoiled in this way.
Farmers Mince Pie-Four bowls of
apples. two bowls of beet, one bowl of
suet, three bowls of sugar, one tea
cupful of molasses, one dessertspoon-
ful each of cinnamon. cloves, allspice.
nutmeg and little salt. Put away in
! jar what you do not use at once.
when you bake, with sweet
cider or currant wine. Fruit one
bowl OF raisens, one of currants and q
little citron.)